Prabhas, Deepika Padukone And Big B’s ‘Kalki 2898 AD’ Beats ‘Guntur Kaaram’ To Register Biggest Advance Booking For Any Indian Film In 2024
‘Kalki 2898 AD’, starring Prabhas, Deepika Padukone, Kamal Haasan and Amitabh Bachchan, has recorded the best advance ticket sales for any Indian film in 2024.
The day is finally here! ‘Kalki 2898 AD’, starring Prabhas, Deepika Padukone, Kamal Haasan, Amitabh Bachchan, and Disha Patani, has finally released in theatres. The new pan-India film is expected to cause mayhem at the box office on the first day of its release. The Nag Ashwin directorial witnessed extraordinary advance booking trends, and as a result, ‘Kalki 2898 AD’ is all set to deliver the biggest opening for any Indian movie of 2024.
‘Kalki 2898 AD’ has also become the first Indian film of 2024 to sell more than 2 million tickets for the opening day.
As per industry tracker Sacnilk, ‘Kalki 2898 AD’ has managed to sell 20,93,904 tickets for the opening day of its release, grossing Rs 55.11 crore across all languages. With this, ‘Kalki 2898 AD’ has now achieved the fourth spot in the list for the biggest advance booking for an Indian film after ‘Baahubali 2’, ‘KGF: Chapter 2’, and ‘RRR’.
‘Kalki 2898 AD’ has also recorded the biggest advance booking for any Indian film in 2024, going past Mahesh Babu and Sreeleela's ‘Guntur Kaaram’, which released in cinemas in January.
As per Pinkvilla journalist Himesh Mankad, ‘Kalki 2898 AD’ has also sold 1,25,000 tickets in the Hindi language, across national cinema chains. When it comes to just the Hindi language, ‘Kalki 2898 AD’ is at the fourth spot in terms of biggest advance booking in 2024, after ‘Mr & Mrs Mahi’, ‘Fighter’, and ‘Article 370’.
Now, it remains to be seen whether ‘Kalki 2898 AD’ manages to beat the record of Hrithik Roshan, Deepika Padukone and Anil Kapoor's ‘Fighter’ to register the biggest Hindi opening of 2024. For the unversed, ‘Fighter’, directed by Siddharth Anand, minted Rs 24.60 crore on the opening day of its release.
Prabhas and director Nag Ashwin had conducted an Instagram Live session on Wednesday evening, and it was during their chat that Prabhas confirmed Dulquer Salmaan and Vijay Deverakonda's cameos in the film.
“Thanks to Dulquer, thanks to Vijay, they made our film bigger,” said Prabhas.
During the conversation, Nag Ashwin also revealed that Prabhas will be making his entry in the film after the first 20 minutes. “I will scream for Prabhas’ entry. I am not the kind of person who screams in theatre. But I will shout when I see Prabhas’ entry.”
“His entry will be a bit late. Prabhas will appear after 20 minutes. The world-building will take some time. We need to introduce a lot of characters and tell the story. But people will go home with Bhairava being the most loved character,” he added.
On Wednesday, the ‘Kalki 2898 AD’ makers also asked the fans to avoid giving spoilers and not indulge in piracy.
“This is a journey of 4 long years and this is the story of immense hard work put in by Nag Ashwin and team. There was no stone unturned in bringing this story to a global scale, there was no looking back or compromising in the quality. Blood and sweat has been put in by the team to bring this forward,” the statement read.
“Let's please respect the cinema, let's respect the craft. It's a humble request to not give out spoilers, give out minute by minute update or indulge in piracy and spoil the experience for the audiences! Let's join hands to safeguard the content of the movie and celebrate the success together. Regards, Vyjayanthi Movies,” the statement added.
For the unversed, the movie’s story is a mix of Hindu mythology set in a dystopian world where some people are on the mission to save the unborn child of Deepika Padukone’s character. The unborn child is believed to be Kalki, the avatar of Lord Vishnu.
